Complete X-Men: Volumes 69-77 Messiah Era

Volume 69: Messiah CompleX

In the aftermath of House of M the future of mutants has never been bleaker. At the seeming end of their evolutionary cycle, a miracle arrives in the form of the first mutant birth since the events of M-Day. But from this source of hope comes a clash between mutants over who will control the child’s fate. It is a race for the future as the Purifiers, Mr. Sinister and the X-Men clash! The fight for the future begins here!

MESSIAH COMPLEX ONE SHOT

UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 492

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NEW X-MEN (2004) 44

X-MEN (1991) 205

UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 493

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NEW X-MEN (2004) 45

X-MEN (1991) 206

UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 494

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NEW X-MEN (2004) 46

X-MEN (1991) 207

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X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 208

X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 209

X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 210

WOLVERINE (2003) 62

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Volume 70: Divided We Stand

With the tragic ending of Messiah Complex the X-Men are no more! Lost more than ever the X-Men disband as Cyclops ponders the future of not only the X-Men but all of mutant kind! Will the Young X-Men be the new team to replace the X-Men? In these trying times one thing is certain. The last remaining mutants must be protected at all costs. In the darkness Cyclops puts together a team that must do what the X-Men never could. Actively and permanently remove threats to all mutant kind. Beware X-Force has returned and they have only one goal, to kill!

X-Men: Divided We Stand is a two issue mini series containing multiple stories. I have spliced up the issues stating which story to use in parenthesis.

Volume 71: Manifest Destiny

Cyclops has decided to move the X-Men west. Founding a new home for all mutants in a place known for its tolerance: San Francisco. Shortly after their arrival, however, the X-Men find themselves knee deep with Magneto and the robotic Sentinels!

Plus Xavier revisits one of his biggest challenges and failures of his career: Logan. But the layers of lies hide one last, deadly secret which goes back to the days of the X-Men’s founding – and the Professor’s timing couldn’t possibly be worse!

Volume 72: Dark Reign

In the depths of his heartache over Kitty Pryde, Colossus goes looking for something, anything, to stop his pain…and finds a nightmare from the Old Country running rampant in the States. What’s their connection? Then, Rogue makes her return but while Xavier seeks her out, who is searching for him? Hunter becomes hunted and friend becomes foe, in a story that will change your favorite Southern Belle forever!

Plus Emma checks into a hotel you have to see to believe, while poor Scott sits idly by. Darkchylde returns to get her soul back, even if she has to conquer Earth in the process. Can the combined forces of the X-Men stop her rampage? They’ll have to fight through every demon in Limbo to try!

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X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY 2 Juggernaut/Emma Frost w/Cover

X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 219

X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY 3 Colossus w/ Cover

UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 504

SECRET INVASION DARK REIGN stop page 2 dream sequence/invite

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SECRET INVASION DARK REIGN

UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL (2009) 2

UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 506

UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 507

X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY 4 Mercury

DARK REIGN THE CABAL

X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 220

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X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 224

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ASTONISHING X-MEN SKETCHBOOK Jiminez

UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 508

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BREAKING INTO COMICS MARVEL WAY (2010) 2 New Mutants

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Volume 73: Messiah War

Cyclops has complete faith that his son, Cable, will do everything he can to protect the so-called mutant messiah – who he believes will save mutantkind. But he also knows what havoc former X-Man Lucas Bishop has wreaked in the nightmarish future. So now he’s sent his black ops team, the X-Force, on a risky, time-traveling mission to save Cable and the child, completely unaware that there’s something else waiting for them in the future. Something not even Bishop was counting on…and while X-Force battles in the future Beast and the X-Club travel into the past to try to reverse the affects of M Day!

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(There is no way to explain how X-23 gets kidnapped then hurt and shows up in Utopia okay then hurt again at the beginning of Necrosha so here’s my fix.)

Volume 74: Utopia

Who are the Dark X-Men? He has his own Avengers team and now Norman Osborn has his own X-Men team. The other shoe has finally dropped and Emma Frost has betrayed Cyclops and the rest of the X-Men. And that’s just one of the huge surprises in “UTOPIA”. Is that Namor? Cloak and Dagger? Professor X?! The thing that you aren’t ready for is that Osborn is right.

Emplate is back and he’s out for blood. More specifically, for mutant bone marrow. And with the X-Men still reeling from Utopia, he may have picked the perfect time to come calling.

UTOPIA ONE SHOT

X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 226

X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 227

UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 513

DARK X-MEN THE BEGINNING 1

DARK AVENGERS 7

DARK X-MEN THE BEGINNING 2

UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 514

DARK X-MEN THE BEGINNING 3

DARK AVENGERS 8 here is where we pretend X-23 some how escaped capture and shows up in Dark Avengers 8 then somehow gets captured again

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X-MEN THE CONFESSION

NEW MUTANTS (2009) 5

DARK REIGN THE LIST X-MEN

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X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 230

DARK REIGN THE LIST WOLVERINE

UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 515

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X-MEN NATION X 1 Magneto/Wolverine

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X-MEN NATION X 2 Northstar/Gambit

X-MEN NATION X 3 Cannonball

X-MEN NATION X 4 Doop

Volume 75: Necrosha

Selene’s Inner Circle stands revealed and her master plan has been set into motion. Watch as the resurrected dead lay siege to the X-Men’s headquarters and the fight to survive the Black Queen’s vengeance begins. But while Warpath and Wolverine realize what’s happening, they may be too late to stop it. Because Selene is already well on her way to achieving ultimate power half a world away. And the rest of the X-Men fight mutants back from the dead!

(Now here is where we pick up with X-23 being somehow “captured” again)

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NECROSHA THE GATHERING Can be moved anywhere

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X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 231

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X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 232

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WOLVERINE ORIGINS 46 end Nightcrawler “Goodbye Logan”. Disgard rest.

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Volume 76: Nation X

Cyclops has moved the X-Men from New York and created a home for mutants in San Francisco. He sent X-Force to the future to support his son Cable and even outwitted Norman Osborn and his Dark Avengers. He even led the X-Men against the undead armies of Selene but now comes one of the most difficult tasks he has ever faced….handling the day to day duties of managing the sovereign nation island of Utopia.

Juggling the basic needs of food, water and shelter are stressful enough but when trouble threatens to consume Emma Frost from within Cyclops may be in for the fight of his life. To make matters worse Beast has caught wind of X-Force, his secret black ops squad. Plus Pixie’s mother pays Utopia a visit but when evil forces conspire to consume Pixie it spurns a family reunion you would not believe! And just wait until you find out which long time X-Men villain is her father! Meanwhile Cable and Hope inch closer and closer to the present.

X-MEN NATION X 1 Iceman/Colossus w/ Cover

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UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 518

UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 519

X-MEN NATION X 3 Armor w/Cover

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NATION X 2 Jubilee/Quentin w/Cover

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NATION X 3 Anole w/Cover

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X-MEN NATION X 4 Cuckoos

X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 234

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X-MEN NATION X 4 Warpath w/Cover

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Volume 77: Second Coming

The climax of four years of X-Men stories is the X-Event of 2010! What started in HOUSE OF M with the Decimation of mutantkind and erupted with the first new mutant birth in MESSIAH COMPLEX finishes here. In the epic crossover SECOND COMING, Cyclops’ faith pays off when Cable returns to the present with Hope, the girl he believes to be the mutant messiah. But will she be the savior or destroyer of mutantkind? We may never know, as she is the target of an initiative for mutant eradication unlike anything the X-Men have ever experienced. Many will be wounded. Several will die. Is Hope worth it?

Very true that’s what the writer had in mind. After reading the issues I dont think that pacing works for me.

Since the King Sized special ends with Bishop back in current times yes, it could go after Cable #6 leading to his appearance in current times in #7.

However it does break the pacing between #6 and #7. At the end of #6 Cable finds the mountain range in which he’ll settle in. We see him climbing them in #7.

Cable is also still on the run at the end of King Sized which I think leads better into Cable #6 where he is still running compared to Cable #7 which starts with him being settled in. Not to mention the big art change from the series into the King Sized Special.

It can work both ways so it’s up to personal preference but I prefer to keep the story focused on Cable and Hope over Bishop.